Black History Month 2020
Celebrate Black History Month with these campus events sponsored by student organizations and the Department of History and Political Science.
Courageous Conversations
Tuesday, Feb. 4 from 5-6 pm (Student Union Room 2202)
Sponsored by MISA
Vision Board Party
Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 6:15 pm (Location: TBA)
Sponsored by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Valentine's Day Bake Sale
Feb. 10-13 from 12 - 2 pm (Katrina/Rita Memorial Fountain)
Sponsored by Black Student Union
Love Connection
Monday, Feb. 10 from 6-8 pm (Student Union Ballroom C)
Sponsored by NAACP and the Alpha Delta Epsilon Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
On a Date, Kinda Nervous
Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 6 pm (The REC)
Sponsored by NAACP
Red Flag Campaign
Wednesday, Feb. 12 from 11 am - 2 pm (Fayard Hall - Front Grass Area)
Sponsored by Office of Student Advocacy
NAACP Founders Day Celebration
Wednesday, Feb. 12 from 6-8 pm (Katrina/Rita Memorial Fountain)
Sponsored by NAACP
Creole Culture and Civil Rights: The New Orleans Connection
Monday, Feb. 17 at 2 pm at the Student Union Theater
Southeastern history instructor Tim Chauvin will discuss the important role New Orleans’ unique creole culture of music and food helped played in America’s Civil Rights Movement. From Congo Square to Dooky Chase’s restaurant, New Orleans provides a fascinating window into how music and food helped bring people together.
Mashup Monday
Monday, Feb. 17 at 5 pm (Fayard Hall Room 225)
Sponsored by Black Student Union
Live Black History Museum
Monday, Feb. 17 at 6:30 pm (Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum)
Sponsored by MISA, SGA, NAACP and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.
Trap Karaoke
Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 5-9 pm (12 Oaks Residence Hall)
Sponsored by BSU
The Haitian Revolution and the Challenge of Decolonization
Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 11 am at the Student Union Theater
Southeastern Visiting Professor of History Zachary Isenhower will compare the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804 with the American and French Revolutions and challenge the conventional wisdom that it was characterized throughout by unthinking violence, was the least successful revolution of the era, and produced a failed state.
Prevention Parade
Wednesday, Feb. 19 from 1-3 pm (Student Union Breezeway)
Sponsored by the Office of Student Advocacy
MISA Mixer
Thursday, Feb. 20 from 5-7 pm (The Mane Dish)
Sponsored by MISA
Throwback Thursday
Thursday, Feb. 20 from 6-8 pm (Student Union Room 2207)
Sponsored by BSU
Frantz Fanon: An Introduction to a Black Militant Philosopher
Monday, March 2 at 12:30 pm at the Student Union Theater
Southeastern Assistant Professor of Philosophy Peter Gratton will discuss Fanon’s Black Skin/White Masks and Wretched of the Earth, showing him to be a forerunner of critical race theory, an uneasy defender of violence, and prescient about how the uses of violence could lead to the kinds of government found across Africa after the colonial period ended.
Sunday, February 2, 2020
by: Allen Cutrer
